7/02/15- Dear Tom, My name is Alexia Robinson I am 18 years old and I have a favor to ask of you. My mother passed away in 2012 and ever since then, my 32-year-old sister has been taking care of me. She has an 8-year-old daughter and 3 boys (11, 10 & 6). Her […]
6/25/15- Dear Tom, My mom met my dad back in 1983. She had just served four years in the army at fort Jackson in South Carolina. Her aunt invited her over for dinner…pizza. When the delivery guy got there, my mom thought he was cute and said he was very polite with nice manners. […]
6/18/15- Dear Tom, Theresa Yates has been a monumental part of my life – you see, I lost my mom 13 years ago at the age of 20. When I gave birth to my daughter when I turned 29, it was difficult being a new mom without a mother of my own to help […]
6/11/15- Dear Tom, My sister Demetria is the single mother of a 20-year old daughter named Jalynn. She also speaks & teaches sign language at her church where she is the founder of the “unity dancers for Jesus” and each month – and they perform at area nursing homes. She used to work in […]
6/04/15- Dear Tom, My daughter is the single mother of 3 boys: Tavian (11), Kiante (14) and DeShawn (17). She works at community hospital network here in Indianapolis. Antwinita has worked as a medical instrument technician for 12 years and counting. She sterilizes and prepares medical and surgical tools for surgeons. Tools like: scalpels, […]
Dear Tom, 5/28/5- Charmaine is a fascinating person with incredible talents and gifts. She is my colleague and friend but most importantly, she is a loving and caring single mother I met Charmaine when she was 20 – she was working two jobs in order to care for her baby girl, Cayden. Cayden is […]
5/21/15- Dear Tom, My mom is the youngest of 6 siblings: 4 brothers and 1 sister. She was on a track & field scholarship throwing the shot put, throwing the discus and running track…but then I came along and slowed her down. She was majoring in behavioral science, so she found a job with […]
5/14/15- Dear Tom, My 37-year-old daughter is a single mother of two. she is originally from Miami, but 16 years ago, she found out that her oldest brother’s two-year-old daughter was being abused by his second wife up in Alaska – and my (then) 21 year old Willonia made it her mission to rescue […]
5/07/2015- Dear Tom, Jenaine butler is the single mother of three: 2 sons (Delante is 21 and Josiah is 13) and Elizabeth – her 16 year old daughter…she also has 2 parakeets – music & miracle. My dear friend is also a mom to an entire community of children through a ministry she started […]
4/30/15- Dear Tom, On behalf of my 2 sisters and I, we would love to nominate her for Thursday Morning Mom. Ziana is 13, Tramiah is 6 and I am 15. My mom was born with a nerve condition called ERB’s palsy. She is partially paralyzed in her left arm but she doesn’t let that […]
04/23/15- Dear Tom, I met Lateshia back in elementary school when she was in the 6th grade. I had a huge crush on her but i thought she was way out of my league because i was just a 4th grader. We ran into each other six years ago at the daycare where my […]
4/16/15- Dear Tom, My mom has been married to my dad Samuel for 56 years and is the mother of 2: my sister Charlotte and me. She is a retired high school social studies teacher who taught “night school” to adults in the evening – she taught the “three r’s: reading, ‘ritin and ‘rithmatic […]
